Startup Garage

Our guest for this episode is Prerna Mukharya, a social entrepreneur, Prerna is the Founder of Outline India and TrackYourMetrics, she has been a Fortune 40 Under 40 awardee and more importantly a transformational force in data collection in developing economies. With Outline India, she has surveyed more than 10,000 villages, and has brought in data touching over 5 million people.

In this episode, we talk to her about her journey spanning 8 years in the development sector, the key challenges in the sector, the changing face of impact-funding and scaling up this impact.

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Our guest for this episode is Dani Avitz, a serial entrepreneur from Israel. An expert in marketplaces and e-Commerce, Dani has built and sold his e-Commerce business, and currently is a mentor with Techstars. In this episode, we talk about Israeli innovation ecosystem and how Israel continuously has been getting the highest investments per capita than any other nation for more than a decade. We also talk about e-Commerce, and explore the 'is Amazon eating up small businesses?' debate.

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In this episode, we have Saarthak Bakshi, Founder and CEO of International Fertility Centre. Saarthak is a serial tech and healthcare entrepreneur, a Forbes 30 Under 30 awardee and an angel investor. Having started and scaled IFC in India and MENA region, Saarthak talks about his eventful journey, about healthcare in India and the challenges plaguing the sector. Listen to this podcast on: Spotify | Apple iTunes | Google Podcasts

In this episode, we have with us, Piyush Sharma, ex-CEO, Zee Entertainment, India and APAC. Piyush is a prolific angel investor, a public policy expert with many government authorities and has a diverse set of interests. We spoke to him about growth, competitive advantage/moats and his understanding of a constantly evolving startup industry. Tune in to know more.

In this episode, we have with us Nandu Nandkishore, Former Global CEO Nestle Nutrition. With over 35 years of experience, Nandu has steered Nestle during times of various crisis. He now is a Professor of Marketing and Strategy at Indian School of Business and a venture capital investor. Today we hear from him his stories of navigating through crisis and building a strong culture. Is culture so important for startups? Tune in to find out.

In this episode, we invited Sergio Marrero, a serial entrepreneur and a venture capitalist to talk about building and training a syndicate of retail investor, governance and reporting in a syndicate. Sergio has advised and assisted in fundraise of over $200M through syndicates and currently is a Managing Partner at Rebel One.

In this episode, we have invited Shreyasi Singh, the founder and CEO of Harappa Education, a growing online learning platform in India. Here, we talk about her journey from journalism to entrepreneurship, how she is leading change in the education industry and about the idea of e-learning.

This is a special episode since we have the honour of hosting HRH Prince Dimitri, Yugoslavia Royal Family. Dimitri started his career on the Wall Street and then moved to the jewelry business at Sotheby's. He now runs his own luxury brand of jewelry and gems out of New York. He has also recently authored a book. Tune in to find out more about how he built the luxury brand into one of the biggest of its time!

In this episode, we have Anastasios Avranas, Founder of Interfima and Advisor to The European Commission. Anastasios has worked as a fund manager and now works as a capital-raising advisor for multiple startups in Europe. We talk to him about raising money, maintaining investor relations and the role of an advisor while raising capital. Also, featuring Vishal Mehndiratta as the co-host for this episode.

In this episode we have with us: Alfonso, who is an entrepreneur and a startup coach from Mexico. He has travelled across the globe, over 20 countries, worked with startup accelerators and hundreds of startups, helping them find the right trajectory for initial growth and is currently the Co-Founder of The Everywhere Office, Mexico. We talk extensively about finding the PMF in an early stage venture.